Facts about Inkjet Printers
Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
by karen nodalo
http://www.catalogprintingexperts.com
We all know that inkjet printers are in the hype and at
high prices. Not all people can afford to buy printers for home and business
use. But nowadays, printers have been inexpensive that makes it easier to
purchase. These types of printers are also made quiet and reliably fast and
people can now produce documents that are printed with high quality.
The present inkjet printers have been more advanced which
came from the structures of the earlier version of printers. The printer
manufacturers have earned their big shares for the development of the printers
that we have now which includes HP, Cannon and many more. The people have also
benefited from these printers for business use. It has opened up a lot of
ventures and other promotional things for the people that are important in
putting up their own business. The manufacturers have been greatly expanding
their services with their printers.
The drawbacks of inkjets include fragile print heads (easy
clogging) and costly ink cartridges (sometimes costing US$30 - $40 or more).
This typically leads value-minded users to think about laser printers for
medium-to-high volume printing applications.
In contrast to additional luxurious technologies like
thermal transfer printer, dye-sublimation printers, and laser printers, ink
jets have the benefit of approximately no warm-up and a lesser printing cost
per page.
As the ink used in most inkjets is water-soluble, care
must be taken with inkjet printed documents to avoid spilling even a drop of
water on the paper. This can cause severe "blurring" or
"running." Highlighter markers should not be used with such documents
either because the moisture of the highlighting ink can cause the printing to
smudge or blur.
Another disadvantage of an inkjet printer is that it
includes ink bleeding, where the ink is carried to a side away from the
preferred location by the capillary action along the fibre of the paper the
result is a muddy or smudged appearance on some types of paper. Most ink jet
printer manufacturers also sell a specially treated paper designed to reduce
bleeding, but such paper is comparatively expensive and sometimes has a
peculiar feel or texture.
For a fast, inexpensive way of printing your documents,
inkjet printers may be the answer. Be sure to analyze your application to
select the best printer for the quality and quantity of printing to be done.
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